Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

Flurries of snow drifted down as a blue-black winged bird spread its wings, silently and rapidly weaving through the snowy world, the ground below desolate with only a mirror-like river meandering through.

The bird dove down and followed the river upwards, occasionally stretching its wings without losing speed. It wasn't an ordinary bird but a transcendent animal.

Beyond the vast gobi-like land, the silhouette of a budding city finally emerged through the snowstorm, with unfinished skyscrapers among which floated autonomous units, diligently working in the snowy sky even beyond regular hours.

Apart from these AI-controlled autonomous units, workers wearing orange helmets and conspicuous reflective gear could be seen among the chaotic streets and buildings, some assisting the autonomous units with complex details, others conducting inspections and giving directions.

The bird's gaze crossed over the skeletal structures of the buildings and construction sites, continuing forward until a neat array of tents emerged at the foot of a nearby mountain.

The bird flapped its wings, slowing down as its black eyes searched animatedly until it finally flew into the central tent.

A bird's head peeked out from the partly closed curtain, then squeezed and wriggled in, landing on a table inside the warm tent.

This table was equipped with a display screen that showcased the planning and structure of the entire district. Inside the tent, several elders were seated, discussing some details of the city's construction when they noticed the arrival of the bird.

"It's the second young miss's Snow Plume Sparrow."

"It probably brought something back," they noted, seeing a small cylinder the Snow Plume Sparrow was clutching in its foot.

In this era, information exchange was incredibly convenient with personal terminals and various networks, so relying on birds for mail delivery had become rare. However, this was an exception, as the new city was still under construction and not yet integrated into the Federation's logistics system, making it inconvenient to send mail.

After entering high school, Hexia would sometimes contact her relatives in Jielou City, now known as 'Qian Liu'. Although it was always just a simple greeting, she became gradually more acquainted with them.

Upon opening the cylinder, three azure gems and a memory chip spilled out.

Connecting with Hexia, the girl's holographic projection appeared on the table. She greeted the elders with a simple bow before discussing the items she sent.

"I learned that several of my cousins lacked direction for advancement, so I made a special inquiry. The data in the memory card is a template I engraved, complete from Natural Sequence 1 - Calming Green Bud to Natural Sequence 5 - Ripple Green Sword (Perfect Level). Meanwhile, the three gems I sent are the Spiritual Medicine required for advancing to Sequence 5." After acquiring the secret technique of the Green Lotus Sword Washing Palace, Hexia spent months researching and studying, made some improvements, and then summarized this set of advancement templates.

Improving the advancement model may sound simple, but it's quite a challenging undertaking. Most existing models have been built by many masters, further perfected by constant AI analysis, and are difficult to surpass. Some less efficient models exist because their simpler structure enables easier advancement, but the trade-off is that the user's power is nowhere near those with complex and branded structures.

The reason Hexia managed to improve upon them was partly due to the secret techniques of the Green Lotus Sword Washing Palace, many of which hadn't been recorded by the Federation, giving her an advantage. However, in other respects, the Federation's standard models were superior. Therefore, she could only make these improvements by standing on the shoulders of giants from both sides, and she also had the chance to utilize Edith Academy's super AI for further refinement of the model to reach a perfect status.

As for the Spiritual Medicine needed for advancement, that was quite special, as Hexia crafted it herself. Her talent in making Spiritual Medicine was like a fish in water, so much so that the condensation process alone saved an unknown amount of material costs.

The purification and extraction of many transcendent materials were incredibly tedious and plagued by impurities, which didn't just reduce the purity of the Spiritual Medicine. Given that Spiritual Medicine was a highly concentrated product of Magic Power, with immense energy, any instability within could lead to changes, either breaking down its efficacy or amplifying its energy, potentially causing explosions and various other dangers.

At the beginning, Qiao Long took out a Dragon Blood Potion as collateral, which cost him millions of Federation Coins for just one, and these three gemstones would only be more expensive. Although the materials didn't cost much because of Hexia's own Talent, her lack of proficiency, as well as the learning of related knowledge, meant that she also spent a lot of time and energy to find the trick to refining the three special gemstones.

"This... Miss Second must have devoted a lot of effort to this," the few of them assessed after looking at the contents of the Memory Card, then comparing it to the three gemstones.

Despite having lived in seclusion for many years with little knowledge of the outside market, they understood that such things would not be cheap anywhere.

"Let's report this to our Superior later," they nodded to each other after exchanging glances.

Night fell as a solemn man in black returned, still wearing a gold and black mask on his face. During the day, he had led a group to patrol the area, clearing out some wild beasts in the wilderness and dealing with many affairs in the city before he could finally take a break.

"What has happened?" Although he didn't yet know, the way the few elders hesitated to speak told him they had something to say.

"It's like this..." The elders then handed over the items that Hexia had sent to him.

After looking them over, he wasn't pleased but instead cast a cold glance over the few people.

"Nonsense!" His voice wasn't loud, but it was deep and startling.

"Why let her know about such matters?" He wasn't chiding the girl for taking matters into her own hands, but reproaching the present elders for stirring Hexia with this business.

"A few more or fewer people at Sequence 5, and even Sequence 6, doesn't change anything for us."

"Although I don't know how she got these items, she is only 16, and even if people look favorably upon her, she would have to pay a certain price or make a promise."

"This is like for a few incapable sprouts in the field, breaking off the best growing branch; how short-sighted," his statement made the elders present feel bitter and ashamed, hanging their heads in embarrassment. They were the older generation, and not only had they failed to take care of the younger one, but they had also been a drag, truly disgraceful and indefensible.

"Then, should we... send them back?" one of them asked cautiously.

"Hmph, send back? How would that make the other party feel? Let her be embarrassed and then return the goods? Wouldn't that be even more humiliating?"

"Pride during youth is more precious than in old age because when you are young, you have nothing but that pride and self-esteem to uphold. Unlike when you are older with established careers, where a few words from someone else won't affect you much."

"So what should we do?" The person asked, sweating from his forehead, the Superior's authority was as intimidating as ever.

"Let's accept them. Afterwards, we will send a gift in return and then tell her not to worry about such things anymore."

"Understood," they all sighed with relief.